Customania Round One - **VOTING OPEN!**

[x]Texacide[x] Amazingly clean love everything about it.

TCKDeen - Very hard choice but I think his just comes out a tad cleaner and smoother, it may just
be that Warlord used a Da and I think they look kinda not right. Great from both sides though.

Customkenny - I just prefer the Punk although it seems we've seen it 101 times before.

J Pilko - It was extremely close beetween Bulldog and Santino I love everything about both attires its just the head on Santino looked off, it was a great go at it though and all three guys did great, the Mach looks good aswell I just feel the other two have more detail to them.

NYdream and Dr. Angus

Angus would get first, his figure is solid work, the head works well and he had a good go at the attire. And I chose NYdream because I feel although his is the simplest, its the closest to a real professional look atleast imo.

That's it hope the votes are Ok and good luck to everyone, solid figures people.

That Santino Marella figure is horrible, he looks black. The painting on the jacket and all looks nice don't get me wrong but the skintone is horrible.

Here are some of my thoughts......

Santino- wrong scan but nice sculpting......
Crush- A lil sloppy but its a good job...
Ace Steel- A glorified head swap and repaint.....

I'm very flattered by the responses I got from my Randy Savage. I don't think I ever got a reaction like that before, lol! It definitely means a lot.

What a way to start off the first round. Although, it doesn't look like I'll get the win on this one, I could truly say that I tried and I lost. I knew that going into the match I had my work set out for me with a former Customania winner, and another great customizer, not to mention I really wanted to make up for my embarassing Duke Droese custom.

So I couldn't be happier.



I'll post my picks soon.

JPD: This is a great likeness, and to realize that it is a Pillman head makes it even better. The painting is also really good. My main gripe is your pictures, and I know that you worked to take better ones, and these are improved from the first ones. Also, there are some spots of paint missing in the back of his legs that could use to be touched up. Finally, I think the sealer is a glossy sealer, and you might benefit from a satin or matte sealer. But sealer is tough, I know.
Texacide: Parts of this are exactly what I expected from you, and why I wanted you in the tourney. The painting is smooth and clean. The yellow lines are really nice. The attention to detail with the boots is nice as well. I really love the satin finish. However, though I appreciate the unique head choice, it's not the greatest likeness, and in the end, it is pretty simple, so I am going to have to go with...
JPD

Megawarlord: This was a really hard match to judge, by the way. I think the head looks really nice. The sculpting of the mask looks good and I appreciate the inventiveness of the jacket, skirt and taped wristtape. What hurts this custom is that the painting is a little rough, I feel like it should be sharper. Also, I know you couldn't find ref pics for the tattoos, but you should've looked for Stamboli pics and at least tried. The custom just looks less finished because of these issues. Also, may I suggest taking pictures without flash, lighting the custom with lamps instead?
TCKDeen: What we have here is a very finished-looking figure, however it is less creative. If you took away the skintone, it wouldn't amount to much more than a fixup. However, the skintone is very nice and the finish is good. I think you could've made this stand out with the "wedgie" tights. I don't have as big of a problem with the hair as everyone else. The hairline is odd, but I think the color looks okay. I would've preferred to see a custom belt.. But the winner goes to the finished-looking custom:
TCKDeen

customkenny: Well, the stip was supposed to be people who had never wrestled for either company, and technically, Punk has wrestled for both. However, I get where you it might not have been completely clear. The painting on the shorts is nice. Yellow is tough, you pulled it off. I like the logos on the sides too, There's some minor unevenness, but it isn't distracting. I like the wristtape, I know some don't but I do, so kudos. I really like the hair, actually, because I know that it is hard to get a good shade of blond, and I think it works. I will echo my fellow judges' sentiment about the tattoo accuracy. It really is an issue to me as well. Plus, it's a bit overdone, I would've liked to see something more creative.
4LK: I love Marufuji, and I love this Rey torso. However, I won't let that weigh too heavily. First, NICE job on the pants. The gold is really, really smooth and glossy, just perfect for his shade, and the design is very crisp. I think the head is very good, actually, which is tough on Asian customs because there are only like three heads. The hair could use a bit more texture, but it doesn't bother me too much because his hair is kind of helmety. There is a skintone difference, though, which I think is because the new Rey torso is the only one with that color. I think it probably looks better the way it is rather than if you had done skintone. Overall, just a better custom, and my favorite surprise of the tourney:
4LK

JPilko: I like this custom more and more all the time. I actually like the front of the mullet a lot, by the way. I think the lettering is really fantastic for being by hand, especially on the knee pads. I think one side of the shorts is certainly better than the other, I wish you would've cleaned up the other side. The skintone is not terribly distracting to me, and I really think that it probably isn't so noticeable in person. I mean, if we're being picky, the legs are different too, and that's just because of Jakks, so I can let slight differences slide.
OozingMachismo: Alright. I'm gonna cut to the chase. I love everything about this except for the face. The cheeks are just a little too poofy. I like the effort, and I give you credit. Perhaps if the mohawk was thinner in the front he would look less like gary coleman. I love the mohawk personally, with the little tail. The jacket, of course, is great, but what really makes the figure for me starts below the jacket. The painting on the shorts is good, but I am so happy that you sculpted the shorts. It looks great, and is so appropriate for him. His shorts are not as long as Carlitos for example, and I love that you reflected that. The leg tattoo is perfect as well, faded like that. I personally like the sculpted knee pads and the circles are impressively straight. If it weren't for those chipmunk cheeks..
Bartman: I'll admit, I was blown away by this custom off the bat. The size is so cool, and the head is just fantastic, everything you did to it. You certainly made up for your less than stellar effort previously, you should be proud. My only gripe is the simplicity. Why did you choose the easiest, most overdone attire? I would've killed for a Macho King with some crazy long tights. Tanner skintone wouldn't have hurt you either.
Hard decision...
Oozing

Angus: Well, I really like the head, hair and accessories on this. Nice job. The attention to detail with the pink stripe on the knee pad is nice, but I think you could've done a better job paying attention to the details on the singlet, such as the shape of the yellow blocks, which as shooter pointed out, aren't square. However, this is the best looking of the bunch. Take better pictures though please.
Tibbs: Thanks for a great effort. The sculpting of the hair, mustache, and chest are all pretty good and add to the custom. I think that the chest hair ought to have been darker, and perhaps a little less splotchy. Try using a finer brush and brushing in specific strokes. Finally, the lack of sealer makes this look really chalky and not done. If this was sealed, it would be much better. Nice pictures.
nydream: Well, this is a good idea, and I like it to an extent. The sanding could be smoother, the head looks a bit rough. The bottom of the shorts looks a little rough too. I like the logo on the boots, but in the end I think the custom is too simple for Customania.
shooter: Alright, I wish you gave me bigger pictures and took them on a blank background. However, the painting looks good on the tights, everything looks very smooth. I think the hair is too dark, but the sculpt is pretty good, gets the messy look across, but it is kind of hard to tell from the pictures, because it good be better or it could be clumpy, I can't tell. I tell you what, if this had a Regal torso, I would be a lot happier with it.
Since it is a newb match, I am judging not only on the customs themselves by the effort and potential. For this I have to go with Angus and Tibbs. I hope you take everyone's advice to heart for the final. Shooter, the custom was good, but I think you can do better than that, which makes me qestion your effort, which is why you didn't get the vote.

you're just being a douche bag now. How is the head i choose, with a sculpted goatee and messy front hair "glorified", that makes no ing sense.

hell man i can say the exact same thing about your alien head ass batista. the only work you did is sand his head, really badly i might add to make him look like an alien, paint tights and a few flames on the boots. you got away doing as little work as i did, don't even ing start with me

well im out... good luck to you all

Grow up.

becca if u take away the skintone u have a white rikishi with sculpted elbow pads partly sculpted knee pads sculpted kick pads & sculpted hair

thats not a fix up is it?